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About the book

Reviews

Massimo Capoccia
★★★★★

6 May 2015

Outstanding book: suitable for beginners and professionals. The author is approachable and willing to help: a rare quality these days.

J Santos
★★★★★

15 October 2014

This is the most awesome book i ever read in this field. Its really easy to understand. The ideas are straight-forward. I would like to read more books from this author. Thank you for this great contribution of yours. I really appreciate the book.

Hassan Ali
★★★★★

13 June 2014

It beautifully covers all the basic concepts of linear circuits in a simple and easy-to-understand way. In addition it helped me manage and sort all the basic concepts.

"thanks bookboon" :)
★★★★★

30 December 2013

liking this book a lot, very clear concepts, all helpful diagrams, including Ahm meter and the Voltmeter, the tables. suggestion: could display the units table, maybe include Ohms) before the section on electrical load.

NITHYA.K
★★★★★

30 July 2013

It clearly explains the concept of circuit designing and useful for begineers

Description

This book covers fundamental aspects of electric circuits that form the core of many engineering disciplines. In particular, basic circuit elements and their characteristics are presented when connected in an electric network. In addition, techniques to analyse and solve electric circuits are explained in a simple manner and examples are shown to demonstrate each strategy. DC as well as AC circuit analysis is provided with a brief account of filters in the end. Difficult electric circuit concepts such as sinusoids and phasors are explicated in an effective way so that basic understanding can be properly achieved.

Preface

This book on the subject of electric circuits forms part of an interesting initiative taken by Ventus Publishing. The material presented throughout the book includes rudimentary learning concepts many of which are mandatory for various engineering disciplines including chemical and mechanical. Hence there is potentially a wide range of audience who could be benefitted.

It is important to bear in mind that this book should not be considered as a replacement of a textbook. It mainly covers fundamental principles on the subject of electric circuits and should provide a solid foundation for more advanced studies. I have tried to keep everything as simple as possible given the diverse background of students. Furthermore, mathematical analysis is kept to a minimum and only provided where necessary.

I would strongly advise the students and practitioners not to carry out any experimental verification of the theoretical contents presented herein without consulting other textbooks and user manuals. Lastly, I shall be pleased to receive any form of feedback from the readers to improve the quality of future revisions.

W. Naeem

Belfast

August, 2009

w.naeem@ee.qub.ac.uk

Content

Introduction

Contents of the Book

Circuit Elements and Sources

Introduction

Current

Voltage or Potential Difference

Circuit Loads

Sign Convention

Passive Circuit Elements

DC Sources

Power

Energy

Circuit Theorems

Introduction

Definitions and Terminologies

Kirchoff’s Laws

Electric Circuits Analysis

Superposition Theorem

Thévenin’s Theorem

Norton’s Theorem

Source Transformation

Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

Additional Common Circuit Configurations

Mesh and Nodal Analysis by Inspection

Sinusoids and Phasor

Introduction

Sinusoids

Voltage, Current Relationships for R, L and C

Impedance

Phasors

Phasor Analysis of AC Circuits

Power in AC Circuits

Power Factor

Frequency Response

Introduction

Frequency Response

Filters

Bode Plots

Appendix A: A Cramer’s Rule

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